No. 5 Duke Heads North to Take on Stony Brook

2/21/2015 12:15:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse

By: Duke Sports Information

Game 5

No. 5 Duke (3-1) at Stony Brook (2-1)

February 21, 2015 | 12 p.m.

Stony Brook, N.Y. | Kenneth P. Lavalle Stadium

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Setting the Scene

• Duke, 3-1 on the year, hits the road to Long Island to take on Stony Brook ... The Blue Devils went 1-1 last weekend with a loss to top-ranked Denver before rebounding with a win at Mercer ... Stony Brook is 1-1 heading into the weekend and plays NJIT Friday afternoon.

The Series History

• Duke and Stony Brook are meeting for the fourth time and for the second straight season ... The Blue Devils are unbeaten against the Seawolves and hold a 49-13 edge in goals in the three previous meetings

• The Blue Devils defeated Stony Brook 14-6 last season

Duke by the Numbers

350 – Career wins for Duke head coach John Danowski, one of two Division I coaches to reach the benchmark

108 – Career points for Myles Jones in his 42 career games for a 2.57 points per game average

145 – Career points record for a Duke midfielder held by Jim Gonnella

5 – Points needed for Deemer Class to become the 45th Blue Devil to reach 100 career points

19 – Career-high saves by junior goaltender Luke Aaron in the 16-6 win over Mercer last Sunday

14.50 - Goals per game by the Blue Devils in 2015, ranking third in the ACC and eighth nationally

13 – Career starts for Duke's close defense of Dunne, Powley and Yanulis

135 – Career starts for Duke's 2014 close defense of Hipps, Carroll and Lobb heading into last season

1,340 – Faceoffs attempted by Brendan Fowler in his career

448 – Career faceoffs taken by Duke's returning specialists Jack Rowe (49) and Teddy Henderson (2) and transfer Kyle Rowe (397 at Stony Brook)

248 – Faceoffs won by Kyle Rowe as a freshman at Stony Brook, ranking fourth in the NCAA and the most per game (15.5)

Scouting The Blue Devils

Duke, after splitting its games with Denver and Mercer last weekend, is 3-1 on the year and ranked fifth nationally ... The Blue Devils fell to the top-ranked Pioneers by a 17-13 score and rebounded with a 16-6 win over Mercer ... Junior midfielder Myles Jones headlines the offense with 12 goals and 12 assists for 24 points, while rookie attackman Justin Guterding is tops with 14 goals ... The young close defense trio of Brian Dunne, Ethan Powley and Ian Yanulis continues to garner game experience, while junior Luke Aaron anchors the defensive unit with a 10.75 goals against average and a .565 save percentage ... He is averaging 12 saves per game after posting 31 in his two outings last weekend ... The Blue Devils have three games in seven days to close out a busy February.

About Stony Brook

Stony Brook, 2-1, is coming off of a 17-4 win over first-year program NJIT Friday afternoon ... The Seawolves opened the year with a 19-3 victory over Manhattan, but lost to St. John's 13-8 after leading the Red Storm 7-4 ... Brody Eastwood is the top scorer with nine goals and 11 points overall ... Challen Rogers and Alex Corpolongo both have seven goals apiece ... Frank Lucatuorto takes the majority of faceoffs, winning 24-of-38 (.632) ... Ben Randall leads the defensive charge with three caused turnovers and five ground balls ... Hayden Johnstone and Brandon Maciejewski have shared duties between the pipes with 81 and 66 minutes under their belts, respectively ... They sport respective 5.92 and 8.08 goals against averages.

Last Time Out

Myles Jones scored three goals and had four assists and a Luke Aaron made 19 saves to lead Duke to a 16-6 win over Mercer last Sunday ... Jake Seau recorded his first career points with a goal and an assist, while Ben Scharf dished out his first career helper ... Will Haus, Seamus Connelly and John Shaffer also tallied their first goals of the season ... Brian Dunne caused four turnovers to help lead the defensive charge and Kyle Rowe took a season-high 20 faceoffs, winning 10.

Last Time We Met

Duke held Stony Brook without a goal for the first 31:03 en route to a 14-6 victory ... Jordan Wolf led all scorers with four goals and three assists, while Case Matheis and Deemer Glass both had four points (2g, 2a) ... Luke Aaron made 11 stops in 45 minutes of action.

A Win Over Stony Brook Would

• Be head coach John Danowski's 351st career win

• Be the program's 512th victory

• Make Duke 47-11 all-time in the month of February

Familiar Faces

Freshman Justin Guterding will see a familiar face in former Garden City teammate Mark Ellis this weekend ... Ellis is a 2012 graduate of Garden City, while Guterding is a 2013 products ... Both competed in postgraduate years at Westminster and Salisbury, respectively ... Stony Brook faceoff specialist Frank Lucatuorto was high school teammates with Jack Bruckner at Ward Melville.

Jones Continues His Climb Up Chart

With seven points versus Mercer, Myles Jones pushed his career points total to 108 to move into 36th in Duke history ... He passed former Duke captain David Lawson's 105 points and is 37 points shy of tying Jim Gonnella as the highest scoring midfielder in program history with 145 career points (55 goals, 90 assists) ... Averaging six points per game through four games, Jones is on pace to surpass that mark against North Carolina March 29.

Midfielder Class, Nearing 100

Deemer Class is five points away from reaching the 100-points mark ... Class set a Duke midfielder record in 2014 with 65 points ... He will join current Blue Devils Matheis and Jones as the 45th player to reach the mark.

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